Coaches Relay is back by popular demand! Same format as last year, but shorter course ๐ It looks complicated, but you can all handle it. Just read it twice. We’re trying to level the playing field by incorporating coaching skills beyond ski speed!
Relay will start at ~3:30 by announcement (btwn end of last race and JN team naming). Meet in the start pen. Course will be a lap of the stadium/field, ~500m long; each partner skis the course just once. We’re aiming to have the whole thing take <20 minutes! To help with that, please read the specific leg instructions below so we don’t have as many questions to answer on-site.
Making Teams:
3-person teams, must be mixed gender.
If you need help forming a team, email [email protected] or reach out to other coaches and sort it out on your own. No pre-registration required, just show up ready to rumble.
This event is for coaches and techs only. No athletes please.
If you take this too seriously, you’re disqualified! Oh, and no whining about the format ๐
All teammates will race on the same pair of classic skis. Part of the race is switching skis! In addition to your race skis, your team will need:
- 1 additional single classic ski, can be blank (to show your waxing skills)
- 1 Tin of any kick wax and a cork
- Coach bibs
Specific Leg Instructions below:
Remember, everyone skis on the same pair of skis; you’ll exchange those skis instead of tagging!
Leg 1: Starts without skis, poles or bib on; on “Go” must put on bib, skis & poles before leaving the start line.
After their lap and once they have exchanged skis with Partner 2, they go to the pole-hand-off zone with one of partner 3’s poles, where they hand a pole to Partner 3 on Leg 3.
Leg 2: Once Partner 1 enters the “exchange zone”, Partner 2 must add one layer of (any) kick wax to a single classic ski (not the ones you’re racing on) and cork it smooth before clipping into skis from Partner 1.
Leg 3: Clips into skis from Partner 2. Starts with only 1 pole, gets second pole from Partner 1 in designated area on course (half-way on course, directly across the field from Start).
See you out there!–
Hilary McNamee,
Nordic Head Coach